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Gretsch G6118T-60GE Vintage Select Edition 1960 Anniversary 2-TSG

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Gretsch G6118T-60GE Vintage Select Edition 1960 Anniversary 2-TSG
Product no: 9000-0023-9934 Bax Music Warranty: This product comes with a 3-year warranty.

General

These days, original guitars from Gretsch's glory days - the 1950s and 1960s - are so expensive that mere mortals hardly ever get the chance to play them. Thankfully, Gretsch Guitars has issued the Gretsch Vintage Select Editions, a line of guitars that were built according to vintage specifications from the company's heyday. Take the G6118T-60GE Vintage Select Edition 1960 Anniversary in 2-tone Smoke green, for instance. Granted, you can't really call it a budget model, but for true fans, this gorgeous instrument makes a great investment. Cost nor effort was spared to make this guitar fully period-correct. Gretsch even used a hospital scanner to study the interior of one of their classic guitars!

Vintage specifications, legendary sound

The laminated maple that was used for this G6118T-60GE's body has been layered following a 1950s procedure, as an infra-red study showed this was an essential part of the Vintage Select Gretsch production process. Of equal importance is the guitar's '59 trestle bracing, which reduces feedback by means of wooden braces that are placed underneath the top, hardly increasing the weight of your instrument and leaving the natural resonance of the body intact. Two TV Jones Hilo'Tron single-coils deliver a characteristic sound with sparkling trebles, solid mids and warm bass. The '50s-style 'Gretsch by Bigsby' vibrato unit is the cherry on top.

Vintage Select Editions

Even though Gretsch Guitars was originally founded in 1883, the 1950s were the company's glory days. Not only was rock & roll up and coming, it was also a great time for guitar builders, who kept their businesses rolling along smoothly. Thanks to years of experience and collaborations with famous guitar builders like Chet Atkins, Gretsch was able to issue guitar models that are still incredibly popular today. To pay homage to their own golden age, Gretsch has introduced the Vintage Select Editions, a series of guitars that adhere strictly to the specifications from their heydays. All of the Gretsch Vintage Select guitars are vintage-correct and, unlike the original instruments from the '50s, affordable for true fans.

Specifications

Product features

Number of frets	22
Number of strings	6
Body depth	full size
Bridge type	tune-o-matic + vibrato
Centre block	no
Sustainable product	not specified
Pickup configuration	SS
Pickup type	single-coil (passive)
Neck connection	set neck
Wood type (back)	maple
Fretboard wood	rosewood
Wood type (soundboard)	maple
Wood type (sides)	maple
For what genre?	Jazz
Includes cover	no
Includes case	yes
Colour	green
Country of origin	Japan
Left-handed	no
Body material	maple
Scale length	24.6 inches (625mm)
Body type	hollow-body
Set	no

Weight and dimensions including packaging

Weight (incl. packaging)	5,5 kg
Dimensions (incl. packaging)	125,0 x 53,0 x 22,0 cm

Product specifications

Gretsch semi-acoustic guitar
model:
- series: Vintage Select Edition (Gretsch Professional Collection)
- colour: 2-Tone Smoke Green
body
- top: laminated maple
- sides and back: laminated maple
- finish: high gloss
- binding: aged white
- sound holes: f-holes with binding
- bracing: '59 trestle bracing
neck
- joint: set-in
- material: maple
- finish: high gloss
- profile: standard U
- scale length: 24.6"
- fretboard: rosewood
- fretboard radius: 12"
- number of frets: 21
- fret type: medium jumbo
- nut material: bone
- nut width: 1.68"
- position markers: aged pearloid thumbnail
- truss rod: single-action
hardware
- bridge: Gretsch Space Control (roller bridge) on rosewood base
- tailpiece: Gretsch by Bigsby vibrato
- hardware finish: chrome-plated
- machine heads: Grover Sta-Tite open gear
- pickguard: smoke green, plexi, single ply
electronics
- bridge pickup: TV-Jones Hilo'Tron
- neck pickup: TV-Jones Hilo'Tron
- controls: 2x volume, 1x master volume

Gretsch Introduces the Vintage Select and Player Editions

Friday 29 January 2016

Gretsch fans can roughly be divided into two groups. On the one hand you have the purists who think the specifications from the 1950s and 1960s - the Gretsch heydays - are beyond dispute. On the other hand, you have the more practically minded guitarists who like to make modifications to their instruments. Luckily, both camps are being catered to with Gretsch's new series: the Vintage Select Editions and the Players Editions. Go for a modern classic like the G6118T-SGR or travel back in time to 1962 with the Gretsch G6119T-62GE!